Monday, July 17, 2006

Joost Bankert de Jonge in the First Anglo-Dutch War

The information about Joost Bankert's service in the First Anglo-Dutch War is somewhat confusing. We know that he was killed in the Three Days Battle (Portland). The question is whether his ship survived or not. There is a letter about 17 Zeeland ships sailing home after the battle that seems to indicate that Joost Bankert's lieutenant took the ship back to Zeeland with the others. This is a short summary of his ship's service:
Adm Ship     Guns Crew Acq  Type Note   Commander                  Ship  Captain 
Z   Liefde   26   86   1652 h    8/1652 Joost Bankert de Jonge                     De Ruyter's fleet
                                 8/1652 Joost Bankert de Jonge                     The Battle of Plymouth
                                12/1652 Joost Bankert de Jonge                     In Jan Evertsen's squadron
                                12.1652 Joost Bankert de Jonge                     The Battle of Dungeness
                                 2/1653 Joost Bankert de Jonge           killed    The Three Days Battle
                                 3/1653 Joost Bankert's luitenant                  To Vlissingen

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